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3 Acts of Murder (2009)
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3 Acts of Murder (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1928 Arthur Upfield, Australia’s premier crime writer, plotted the perfect murder for his novel The Sands of Windee. Meanwhile, one of his friends, stockman Snowy Rowles, put the scheme into deadly effect, even before the book was published. This true story resulted in one of Australia’s most sensational murder trials of the 1930’s and catapulted Upfield’s name onto the world stage.
Style: detective
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, writers, truck, missing person, camel, true crime, crimes
Time: year 1929
Place: australia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and detective films with plots about murder, serial killer, true crime, investigation, killer, trial and police investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like 3 Acts of Murder: Happy Face Murders (1999), Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985), The Versace Murder (1998), Death Benefit (1996), Twisted Desire (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.
Plot: serial killer, true crime, brother brother relationship, death of father, father son relationship, death, husband wife relationship, murder, courtroom, family relations, death of mother, patricide ...
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Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, priest, poison, marriage, investigation, trial, true crime, black widow
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Happy Face Murders (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An eccentric older woman (Ann-Margret) implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young retarded girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and ...
Plot: serial killer, child abuse, killer, murder, police, church, true crime, fugitive, murder of a family, husband wife relationship, fired from the job, filicide ...
Time: 80s, 70s
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A crime drama dircted by Anthony Page.
Plot: serial killer, terror, murder, domestic violence, immigrant, ex husband ex wife relationship, insanity, nurse, fear, judge, husband wife relationship, polish american
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Versace Murder (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This docu-drama focuses on the true story of the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by alleged serial killer Andrew Cunanan.
Style: independent film
Plot: serial killer, fashion, lgbt, gay, murder, fbi, male prostitute, killer, true crime, gay interest, serial murder
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74%
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Death Benefit (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a ...
Style: psychological, independent film
Plot: serial killer, lawyer, love, true crime, investigation, murder, justice
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Twisted Desire (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A teenage girl convinces a young, love-struck ex-con that the only way they can be together is to do away with her domineering parents.
Plot: serial killer, evil child, obsession, murder, parents, true crime, teen angst, manipulation, diary, teenage boy, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to ...
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: serial killer, world war two, true crime, killer, murder, soldier, diplomacy, trial, psychopath, army investigation, legal, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: year 1986
Place: australia, melbourne
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72%
If Looks Could Kill (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.
Plot: serial killer, gay, murder, con artists, true crime, insurance fraud, male homosexuality, insurance, scam, bisexual, homosexual
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Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jodi Arias befriends Donavan Bering and Tracy Brown in prison, and they became inseparable. Donavan is released from prison before Jodi's trial and becomes her mouthpiece, posting on social media and defending Jodi. When the details of the case ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, thrilling, realistic, captivating
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Jack (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Delving deep into the soul of one of Austria’s most infamous real-life convicts, Jack is a fascinating, unprejudiced look at the path to redemption and the obstacles that bar the way.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense
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The Pastor's Wife (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective
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Time: 21st century
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66%
Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
Story: True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
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64%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 198 min.
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